Bob reported on this way back in July, but the moment has finally arrived -- Tim Speedle (played by Rory Cochrane) makes his triumphant return to the beaches of Miami tonight. For those of you new to the show, Speedle was shot and killed in the season three premiere. Now, I realize that a lot of you are disappointed that TV Squad isn't covering CSI: Miami this season and the reasoning was two-fold: a.) I was getting sick of the show and b.) all of you must have been too because the readership for those reviews was non-existent. Either way, I figured this was worth mentioning. I'm not as big a fan of the show as I once was, but I'll be tuning in tonight. As most people speculated and the previews indicate, Speedle's return seems to be only in Delko's head following last season's near fatal injury. Not sure if that's what the show needs though. Horatio is kooky enough and now Delko sees dead people?

I know, I know, you're thinking, "but Rory Cochrane was killed off the show!" Hey, this is television. Anything can happen.

Of course, it would help if CSI: Miami was a science fiction show. They could explain why Detective Speedle could come back from the dead by...oh, I don't know, some rejuvenation serum or time travel or robot double. But this is CSI: Miami, and it has to be realistic (even though we have David Caruso wearing suits in the humid Florida sun and never sweating). Cochrane asked to be written out of the show because he didn't want to do a weekly show. His contract said he couldn't work again in TV til 2008.

To answer your next question, no, it won't be a flashback. And Cochrane will be playing Speedle, not a twin brother. How they'll do this is anybody's guess. After the jump, anybody's guess!